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    earthquake refugees react after receiving tear gas during a protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. Following days of rioting in northern Haiti over suspicions that U.N. soldiers introduced a cholera epidemic that has killed more than 1,000 people, protesters in Haiti's capital clashed with police Thursday lashing out at U.N. peacekeepers and the government, blocking roads and attacking foreigners' vehicles. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)


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    An Israeli army vehicle is seen in the village of Ghajar between northern Israel and Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a plan to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday to withdraw from the northern half of Ghajar, recaptured during the 2006 war against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)


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    U.N. peacekeepers from Brazil patrol in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday Nov. 15, 2010. Protesters who hold Nepalese U.N. peacekeepers responsible for an outbreak of cholera that has killed 1,000 in three weeks threw stones and threatened to set fire to a base in Cap-Haitien, the country's second-largest city Monday, Haitian radio and eyewitnesses reported.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)


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    In this photo taken on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, flamenco dancer Carlos Velazquez performs in the renowned Torres Bermejas Tablao Restaurant in Madrid. Spain's flamenco dance is among 51 proposals to be considered for inclusion on two UNESCO intangible cultural heritage lists. The Paris-based U.N. organization said that Tuesday Nov. 16 meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, will determine which of the proposals make the final cut. Thirty-one countries on four continents fielded proposals. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)


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    A woman covers her face from the smoke of burning tires set up by demonstrators in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. Students in the capital protested burning tires and throwing stones at police, following demonstrations that began early Monday in the northern city of Cap-Haitien where protesters attacked with stones a U.N. base of Nepalese peacekeepers, whom they hold responsible for the outbreak of cholera that has killed around 1,000 people in three weeks. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)


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    UN peacekeepers from Brazil patrols at a earthquake survivors refugee camp in the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday Nov. 15, 2010. Protesters who hold Nepalese U.N. peacekeepers responsible for an outbreak of cholera that has killed 1,000 in three weeks threw stones and threatened to set fire to a base in Cap-Haitien, the country's second-largest city Monday, Haitian radio and eyewitnesses reported.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)


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    UN peacekeepers from Brazil patrol in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday Nov. 15, 2010. Protesters who hold Nepalese U.N. peacekeepers responsible for an outbreak of cholera that has killed 1,000 in three weeks threw stones and threatened to set fire to a base in Cap-Haitien, the country's second-largest city Monday, Haitian radio and eyewitnesses reported.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)


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    In this photo taken on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, flamenco dancer Lucia performs in the renowned Torres Bermejas Tablao Restaurant in Madrid. Spain's flamenco dance is among 51 proposals to be considered for inclusion on two UNESCO intangible cultural heritage lists. The Paris-based U.N. organization said that Tuesday Nov. 16 meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, will determine which of the proposals make the final cut. Thirty-one countries on four continents fielded proposals. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)


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    In this photo taken on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010, flamenco dancer Sole performs in the renowned Cafe de Chinitas Tablao Restaurant in Madrid. Spain's flamenco dance is among 51 proposals to be considered for inclusion on two UNESCO intangible cultural heritage lists. The Paris-based U.N. organization said that Tuesday Nov. 16 meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, will determine which of the proposals make the final cut. Thirty-one countries on four continents fielded proposals. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)


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